One dead in Old Lyme car accident

Old Lyme – A 49-year old man from Lyme died Thursday morning in a one-car accident near Four Mile River Road.

State police said this morning that David Bojorquez, of 293 Hamburg Road, was driving southbound on Boston Post Road around 4:14 a.m. when his 2002 Volvo veered across the northbound lane into the wooded area on the other side of the road. The car rolled onto its driver side and crashed into a tree.

Police said Bojorquez was wearing his seat belt.

Emergency workers removed Bojorquez from the vehicle and took him to Yale-New Haven Hospital.

The road was shut down until just before 7 a.m. while police cleared the accident scene. The accident is still under investigation.